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A new national report card on educational innovation contends that principals in Maryland and the District face too many barriers to ousting bad teachers. Full Story »

Authorities in Charles County on Monday identified the man killed in a bar parking lot early Saturday as Victor S. Taylor, 24, of Fairfax, and backed off their initial characterization of the incident as a shooting stemming from an argument. Full Story »

A deer that jumped a wall at the National Zoo was fatally injured by two lions Sunday as dozens of startled spectators looked on. Full Story »

A District man was killed early Monday when he was struck by a car on Route 5 in the Suitland area, police said. Full Story »

Those unfortunate people in the District might worry about the quality of their teachers and wait anxiously for the results of the school system's controversial new evaluation of classroom techniques and test score improvement. But those of us in the Washington area suburbs don't have to worry... Full Story »

-- A caption in the Nov. 5 Metro section incorrectly stated that Virginia Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell was congratulated by family members Tuesday night after a news conference. The news conference was Wednesday, after Tuesday night's win. Full Story »

Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 9-3-0 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 0-5-4-0 Full Story »

TUESDAY Record Keeping and Accounting for a Small Business. Workshop on accounting principles, financial statements, general business records, taxes and other items. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., American Bar Association, 740 15th St. NW, third floor, Washington. Sponsor: Service Corps of Retired Executives.... Full Story »

QinetiQ North America of McLean named Mary Craft , former vice president for intelligence engineering at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, senior vice president for national systems in its mission solutions group; and J.D. Crouch II , former senior level U.S. government employee with... Full Story »

The D.C. Department of Transportation is continuing to install tracks for the Anacostia streetcar line, causing delays and detours at South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue. Full Story »

The woman wasn't budging. It was late on a Friday afternoon last month, and there she was, 64 years old, mentally ill and refusing to return to her Southeast Washington nursing home. Full Story »

Here is a list of the people shot by the D.C. snipers during their coast-to-coast crime wave in 2002. Full Story »

Two relics from an earlier century broke down last week, causing vast new frustration for commuters who normally rank among the nation's most frustrated and delays that any good economist could translate into millions of dollars in work hours lost. Full Story »

For people lacking health insurance in the Washington region, where they live can make all the difference in getting affordable health care. Full Story »

Whether someone speaks English or Spanish to you at Kemp Mill Elementary School can be a matter of walking a few feet in one direction or another. Full Story »

Homicide detectives are investigating whether the two men involved in a fatal shooting at a D.C. liquor store Saturday night might have been neighborhood residents looking to score some quick cash close to home, authorities said Sunday. Full Story »

Representatives of the Smarter Growth Alliance for Charles County said the county's plans for a cross-county connector are outdated and environmentally hazardous and will bring sprawl to the northern end of the county. Full Story »

The biggest frustration facing many doctors is the dearth of swine flu vaccine for their patients. But not Paula Soghomonian's pediatrician at Pediatric Village in the District. She is not recommending the shots -- or the nasal spray. Full Story »

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If anyone could have talked himself out of being gay, Kimberly Brooks said, it was her husband. Full Story »

New York Avenue NE, which connects D.C. neighborhoods and transports thousands of commuters heading downtown or to Virginia and Maryland, is about to get considerably more challenging. The availability of federal stimulus money and the need to replace a couple of deteriorating bridges have set up... Full Story »

Congress has passed the Interior-Environment Appropriations Conference Report containing $1 million for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and $500,000 for the Star-Spangled Banner Trail. Full Story »

A Nov. 1 article in the Southern Maryland Extra incorrectly implied that Calvert's Board of County Commissioners requested legislation from the 2010 General Assembly authorizing a pay increase for county officials. A pending report from a citizens committee that reviews and recommends salaries for... Full Story »

This project, which includes resurfacing the roads and upgrading the curbs, gutters and sidewalks, began in the spring and will probably continue into summer, but it is more than half done. "People have adjusted to the traffic there," said Ali Shakeri, the D.C. Department of Transportation progra... Full Story »

In the annals of inept campaigns for governor in our region, the disastrous effort by Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds is rivaled in recent memory perhaps only by Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's humiliating loss in Maryland seven years ago. As Democrats study the results and look to 2010,... Full Story »